EXCLUSIVE: Long Island dad pleads guilty after police, in home check over son's alleged swastika drawing, find explosives
Francisco Sanles, of Syosset, on Long Island, N.Y., pleaded guilty on July 28 to fourth-degree criminal facilitation, after police officers found explosives in his home, a spokeswoman for the Nassau County district attorney’s office told JNS on Friday.
Sanles, who was arrested in April when police found the materials, was sentenced to a year of conditional discharge.
Officers visited the home as part of an investigation of a Nazi swastika, which they suspected his teenage son had drawn in a school bathroom.
“There wasn’t any evidence that the son or the father were using the chemicals for nefarious activities,” the spokeswoman told JNS.
“I think he was just into model rockets, and they didn’t think that he had some evil master plan,” she said. “There’s no evidence that he was trying to build a bomb.”
Sanles will not serve time or be on house arrest if he is not arrested and has no violations for a year, the spokeswoman told JNS.
Charges and sentencing of the son, who is a minor, are sealed, the spokeswoman said.
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Francisco Sanles of Syosset, Long Island, pleaded guilty on July 28 to fourth-degree criminal facilitation after police found explosives in his home. Officers initially visited Sanles's home in April to investigate a Nazi swastika his teenage son was suspected of drawing in a school bathroom. Prosecutors stated there was no evidence Sanles intended to build a bomb, believing the chemicals were for model rockets. A spokeswoman for the Nassau County district attorney's office told JNS, "There wasn't any evidence that the son or the father were using the chemicals for nefarious activities." Sanles received a sentence of one year of conditional discharge, avoiding jail time or house arrest if he remains arrest-free for a year. The charges and sentencing for his minor son are sealed.
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